Fender



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A. W. ALLEN. FENDER.

110. 482,188. Patented 001. 27, 1891.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER WV. ALLEN, OF TEMPLE, GEORGIA.

FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,188, dated October 2'?, 1891.

Application filed June 26, 1891. Serial No. 397,641. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER W. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States. residing at Temple, in the county. of CarrollA and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fenders for cultivating-plows, and aims to providea simple device for the purpose which will be efficient and convenientof attachment to the beam 0f an ordinary plow.

The improvement consists of the novel features and the peculiar construction and combination of the parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which Figure lis a perspective view ofl the invention, showing it applied to a plow of wellknown construction. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the fender and its attachments detached from theplow. Fig. 3 is a front view of the colter.

The plow is of usual construction and arrangement, comprising the beam A and the plow B. The fender supporting-frame C is an approximately U-shaped frame having its parallel end portions threaded and inserted through suitable openings in the beam A. A .pair of burrs a is mounted on each threaded portion of the frame O, one burr on each side of the beam, By a proper adjustment of these burrs the frame O is adjustably connected with the beam and the fender is brought nearer to or carried farther away from the plow. IVhen the frame C is in the desired position, it is fastened by screwing up the burrs tight against the sides of the beam.

The fender D is a board of suitable length colter is sharpened and projects below the lower edge of the fender to enter the ground and steady the plow and prevent side draft. The blade c, projected laterally from the colter about in the plane of the lower edge of the fender, inclines upwardly from the front to the rear edge and is designed to cut down grass, weeds, zc. By loosening the clip F the colter can be raised and lowered.

The fender and the colter have independent vertical adjustment, whereby their relative position can be changed to suit the n..- ture of the soil.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The combination, with a plow-beam, of the fender-supporting frame adjustably connected with the said beam,and.the colter and the fender mounted upon and having independent vertical adjustment connection with the outer closed end of the said frame, sub stantially as set forth, the colter and the fender being in the same straight line, substantially as shown,for the purposespecified.

2. rlhe combination, with aplow-beam, and the frame @connected with the said beam, of the fender and the colter arranged close together and having independent vertical adjustment connection with the said frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature 'in presence of two witnesses.

, ALEXANDER IV. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

OSCAR BRYANT, WILLIAM L. KINNEY. 

